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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Jen Psaki planning to leave White House this spring for MSNBC gig — White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Jen Psaki leaving the White House for MSNBC this spring
Jen Psaki leaving the White House for MSNBC this spring
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New York Times:
Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize in Stunning Win for Labor — Despite heavy lobbying by the company, workers at the facility voted by a wide margin for a union. It was seen as a rebuke of the company's treatment of its employees. — Workers at Amazon's massive warehouse …
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Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
A Generational Worker Revolt Hits Its Stride — At Amazon's Staten Island warehouse, workers have broken through corporate America's unified, furious opposition to giving employees a voice on the job. — Amazon Labor Union member Tristan Lion Dutchin, 27, gestures as he awaits …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for company's first unionized warehouse in U.S. — Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities. — The outcome represents a landmark win for organized labor …
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Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Amazon workers vote to unionize Staten Island warehouse
Amazon workers vote to unionize Staten Island warehouse
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Washington Examiner, About Amazon, National Review and CNBC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
CDC Orders — To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help our country cope during the pandemic, CDC has occasionally issued legally binding orders and regulations. — People must wear face masks in indoor areas of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States …
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Conn Carroll / Washington Examiner:
Democrats can't run from Biden's border crisis
Democrats can't run from Biden's border crisis
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Fox News, Townhall and National Review
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin: Biden's repeal of Title 42 order ‘a frightening decision’
Manchin: Biden's repeal of Title 42 order ‘a frightening decision’
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Department of Homeland Security:
Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on CDC's Title 42 Order Termination
Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on CDC's Title 42 Order Termination
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Manchin calls Biden lifting Title 42 border policy ‘frightening decision’
Manchin calls Biden lifting Title 42 border policy ‘frightening decision’
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CNN:
GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been overstating his academic achievements for years — (CNN)For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He's told the story, according to a review …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
‘The baggage is too heavy’: GOP foes tee up last-ditch effort to sink Herschel Walker — Herschel Walker, the former football star who's armed with former President Donald Trump's enthusiastic endorsement, has been on a glide path to the GOP nomination since announcing his Senate bid in Georgia.
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Rolling Stone, Letters from an American, Washington Post, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and CNN
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Trump is struggling again in Georgia, with 2022 endorsements driven by his 2020 loss
Trump is struggling again in Georgia, with 2022 endorsements driven by his 2020 loss
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Will Trump be charged for Jan. 6? Committee floats crimes — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection. But neither Trump nor any of his top advisers have faced charges over the attack in a court of law, and it's uncertain if they ever will.
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Associated Press:
Jan. 6 panel puts Garland in ‘precarious’ spot, ups pressure — WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice.
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CNN, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats and Slate
The Daily Beast:
Inside Ginni Thomas' ‘Insane’ Hiring Memos for Trump — Ginni Thomas' suggested hires included known bigots and at least one suspected foreign spy, sources say. — Years before she became one of then-President Donald Trump's most prominent coup supporters, Ginni Thomas was already notorious …
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Insider, National Memo, Talking Points Memo, Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser to publish sweeping history of Trump presidency — Peter Baker and Susan Glasser will be out Sept. 20 with a sweeping history of the Trump presidency, “The Divider,” billed as “an ambitious first cut at this historical moment.” — The backdrop: Baker …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Trump ripped off his White House photographer because he rips off everyone who gets close to him
Trump ripped off his White House photographer because he rips off everyone who gets close to him
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Michael Ames / New Yorker:
A New Video Shows a Missing American Hostage Pleading for Help in Taliban Custody — Senator Tammy Duckworth called for the Biden Administration to free an Afghan drug trafficker in exchange for the release of the American engineer Mark Frerichs, who was kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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New York Times:
Ukrainian helicopters strike an oil depot in Russia, an official there says. — A bus convoy left Mariupol, but a Red Cross team could not reach city, bombarded by Russian forces, to aid a larger evacuation. Ukrainian helicopters carried out the first airstrike on Russian territory since the war began.
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Politico, New York Post, BBC, Washington Post, Associated Press, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, UPI and The Western Journal
BBC:
Ukraine war: Gruesome evidence points to war crimes on road outside Kyiv — Footage of Russian troops shooting a man with his hands up on a highway outside Kyiv at the beginning of March was shared around the world. Now the Russians have been pushed out of the area and the BBC's Jeremy Bowen …
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level — Bill passes 220-204, with three Republicans voting yes and two Democrats voting no — House voting on bill to decriminalize marijuana — The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to decriminalize possession of marijuana on the federal level.
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Financial Times:
Roman Abramovich's $1bn five-yacht fleet revealed — Latest vessel's discovery highlights veil of secrecy over sanctions-hit oligarch's assets — Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to a collection of five yachts estimated to be worth almost $1bn, including several vessels …
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New York Post
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Last Defense of DeSantis's Anti-Vaccine Campaign Goes Poof … This week, Chris Persaud of the Palm Beach Post reported out a devastating revelation about the impact of Ron DeSantis's war on vaccines. The story has received barely any attention in the national press …
BBC:
Gerard Depardieu: Kremlin responds to actor's Putin criticism — The Kremlin has hit back after French actor Gerard Depardieu accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “crazy, unacceptable excesses” in Ukraine. — Depardieu said the Russian people were not responsible for their president's behaviour.
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Reuters, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Washington Examiner and Politico
Financial Times:
Poison, planes and Putin: Abramovich's race to save a fortune and stop the war — Since Ukraine was invaded, the Russian oligarch has been rushing to salvage his assets while conducting back-channel peace talks — As Russian tanks streamed over Ukraine's borders in the early hours of February 24 …
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nationalinterest.org and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an accelerating mental health crisis among adolescents, with more than 4 in 10 teens reporting that they feel “persistently sad or hopeless,” …
Department of Transportation:
USDOT Announces New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards for Model Year 2024-2026 — Standards to require fleet average of 49 mpg by 2026, save consumers money, and advance U.S. energy independence — WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: With Cases Rising, N.Y.C. Mayor Seeks to Keep Preschool Mask Mandate — The city's case rise involves the Omicron subvariant BA.2, which is spreading across the country. The C.D.C. said it would lift Title 42, an emergency public health order restricting immigration at U.S. land borders, on May 23.
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HotAir and National Review
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Support for 15-Week Abortion Ban Outweighs Opposition, WSJ Poll Finds — Majority think abortion should be legal in most cases, but many back 15-week ban being considered by Supreme Court — WASHINGTON—More American voters favor the idea of a 15-week abortion ban than oppose it …
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LifeNews.com, Forbes and Power Line
Steve Contorno / CNN:
Ron DeSantis signals support for stripping Disney of special self-governing status as feud escalates — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signaled support for stripping Disney of its 55-year-old special status that allows the entertainment company to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme park.
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J.D. Vance / The Columbus Dispatch:
‘I will be damned’ if Ukraine prioritized over ‘Tsunami of illegal migrants’ … The American ruling class clamors for escalation right now, pressing constantly for more U.S. and NATO involvement in the war in Ukraine. These are the same “experts,” by the way, who have instigated every …